Bishop Kelly is on a 15-game streak of home wins (dating back to last season), while Ridgevue is on a five-game streak of away wins: one of those streaks is about to end. The Bishop Kelly Knights will take on the Ridgevue Warhawks at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday. Bishop Kelly has been dominant on offense recently, as they've racked up an incredible 1,010 points over their last 14 matches.
In what's become a running theme this season, Bishop Kelly gave their fans yet another huge win on Friday. They breezed by Columbia on the road to the tune of 73-37. Given Bishop Kelly's advantage in MaxPreps' Idaho basketball rankings (they are ranked 17th, while Columbia is ranked 85th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, a well-balanced attack led Ridgevue over Caldwell in every quarter on their way to victory on Monday. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that Ridgevue blew Caldwell out of the water with a 70-40 final score. Ridgevue pushed the score to 57-33 by the end of the third, a deficit Caldwell had little chance of recovering from.
Ridgevue got their victory on the backs of several key players, but it was Javonte Boles out in front who scored 17 points. Tucker Tiddens was another key contributor, scoring 14 points.
Bishop Kelly has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 13 of their last 14 games, which provided a nice bump to their 15-4 record this season. As for Ridgevue, their victory bumped their record up to 13-6.
Bishop Kelly beat Ridgevue 69-57 when the teams last played back in January. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was Tiddens, who scored 23 points. Now that he's got a second chance to win this matchup, will Bishop Kelly still be able to contain Tiddens? There's only one way to find out.
